GARFIELD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
POLICY / PROCEDURE
DETENTIONS
SUBJECT: PUBLIC INFORMATION
EFFECTIVE DATE: January 01, 2004
POLICY:
It is the policy of the Garfield County Jail to ensure that all
applicable provisions of federal, state, and county privacy statutes or
regulations are observed with respect to the records of offenders
confined in the jail.
PURPOSE:
To outline the procedures that jail staff will follow to ensure the
observance of all privacy rights of offenders confined in the jail.
METHOD:
The information that may be released about an offender consists of those
information elements that are already a part of the public record. The
following offender information is considered to be in the public domain:
Name
Date of birth
Sex
Race
Date of commitment or release
Date sentenced
Date sentence began
Good time allowance and rate (Refer to Classifications)
Court Docket number
Sentence Term
Charges and bond amounts
Transfer destination after the fact
Release of more extensive information than routinely made available to
the public shall be referred to the Sheriff or his Public Information
designee. If it is necessary that the Jail Commander issue a press
release he will notify the Sheriff immediately.
Requests for offender record information should be referred to the
Records Clerk.
